Comments on: DFW, one /2008/dfw-one/ less helpful Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:46:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Peace, I Hope /2008/dfw-one/#comment-506903 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:46:12 +0000 /?p=1439#comment-506903 […] he was all about the greatness of The Wire. Peace, […]

]]> By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » Remember This Name, Okay? /2008/dfw-one/#comment-266874 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:19:05 +0000 /?p=1439#comment-266874 […] a DFW-style expert, the kind of academic whose research is virally accessible to […]

]]> By: JC /2008/dfw-one/#comment-244611 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:25:23 +0000 /?p=1439#comment-244611 Dan,
Thank you for this refreshing forum. I like the ideas and civil exchange going on here.

]]> By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » Habits Of Two Outstanding Teachers /2008/dfw-one/#comment-244088 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:50:16 +0000 /?p=1439#comment-244088 […] too far above my dusty mathematics bachelor’s degree but I never miss a post. He is an expert after David Foster Wallace’s own definition, which is the only kind of expertise that matters to me as a classroom teacher: DFW: Think of the […]

]]> By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » ILC 2008 /2008/dfw-one/#comment-180986 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:19:32 +0000 /?p=1439#comment-180986 […] the sort of expertise DFW wrote about, the kind that has such a tight conceptual grasp, it can explain itself from any side, from any […]

]]> By: jeffreygene /2008/dfw-one/#comment-167149 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:19:38 +0000 /?p=1439#comment-167149 yo dan, what’s up with three thought-provoking posts in two days. loving them all. wishing i could devote the time to my blog that you put into to yours.

keep it coming!

]]> By: Kate /2008/dfw-one/#comment-166864 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:13:45 +0000 /?p=1439#comment-166864 Meh. I was hoping it would be easier to read at 32 than it was at 22. I am probably kidding myself. :-)

]]> By: dan /2008/dfw-one/#comment-166802 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:35:13 +0000 /?p=1439#comment-166802 @Kate, I thought Infinite Jest would be a quick read until the first 1/5.

@Nick, the length third citation in this post is all about his book on infinity, and the ability of specialists to verbalize complicated conceptual knowledge.

]]> By: Communication Within and Without Faculty | Alien Pedagogy /2008/dfw-one/#comment-166779 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:21:17 +0000 /?p=1439#comment-166779 […] Got this David Foster Wallace quote from Dy/Dan’s latest post. […]

]]> By: Nick /2008/dfw-one/#comment-166662 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:11:29 +0000 /?p=1439#comment-166662 I’ve really enjoyed what DFW has written. I’d also recommend his Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity. I am planning on showing my students some chunks from it, like the proof that there are an equal number of points between 1 and 2 as there are between -infinity and +infinity.

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